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<blockquote data-quote="arscott" data-source="post: 5753012" data-attributes="member: 17969">Scheduled rest areas are, as many posters have pointed out, an awkward solution that sacrifices story concerns for the sake of game rules and game balance.But to all those people who have suggested that the problem is solved by wandering monsters and threat escalation--well, that's also a solution that sacrifices story concerns for the sake of game rules and game balance.And unlike the &quot;rest area&quot; idea, most of the &quot;punish the players ideas&quot; are huge time sinks.&nbsp; Wandering monsters and re-filled rooms are just extra combats that do nothing to advance progress through the adventure.&nbsp; They're rarely interesting fights:&nbsp; The wandering monster is off a table and the resting party chooses the terrain, making it hard for the GM to prep for an interesting encounter, whereas the re-stocked room is repetitive:&nbsp; similar creatures re-fill the exact same combat spaces.&nbsp; And there can't be much that makes them interesting from a plot perspective, because they're likely to not happen in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arscott, post: 5753012, member: 17969"] Scheduled rest areas are, as many posters have pointed out, an awkward solution that sacrifices story concerns for the sake of game rules and game balance. But to all those people who have suggested that the problem is solved by wandering monsters and threat escalation--well, that's also a solution that sacrifices story concerns for the sake of game rules and game balance. And unlike the "rest area" idea, most of the "punish the players ideas" are huge time sinks. Wandering monsters and re-filled rooms are just extra combats that do nothing to advance progress through the adventure. They're rarely interesting fights: The wandering monster is off a table and the resting party chooses the terrain, making it hard for the GM to prep for an interesting encounter, whereas the re-stocked room is repetitive: similar creatures re-fill the exact same combat spaces. And there can't be much that makes them interesting from a plot perspective, because they're likely to not happen in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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